Find Places To Visit In The North

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

An old school hall in Ford Village that was decorated with biblical murals by Lady Waterford over 21 years.

25 acres of plants from five continents. Also eye-catching art installations such as boots, bugs, and fungi.

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

A Roman Fort that forms part of Hadrian's Wall at the frontier of the Roman Empire.

Ruins of a 12th century priory on the Bolton Abbey estate.

An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

The trig point sitting on top of Ros Castle (316m).

A mural depicting history and noteworthy people and places of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

A ruined fortress in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd.

Small National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

An 18m tall Obelisk sitting 900m south of Seaton Delaval Hall.

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

One of Blighty’s oldest wooden ship-lapped buildings. Fresh from a new coat of paint.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

A delightful 12th-century church tucked away beside the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A Grade II listed Tower Mill dating to around 1790.

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

A skeleton of a castle built by the Lowther family who have owned this estate since before the 11th century.

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

A Coxswain Statue by Ray Lonsdale is a tribute to the RNLI and the 9 lives lost on the Lifeboat 'The George Elmy'.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

The meeting place of the north and south River Tyne sources.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

Twenty beautifully decorated Morph figures to find in North Tyneside.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

The trig point sitting on top of Windy Gyle (619m).

A sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

A series of linked public parks in Wallsend comprising Richardson Dees Park, the Hall Grounds and Arboretum.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

This peninsula has several pleasing aspects such as a lighthouse, a cannon and the goddess Nike atop the war memorial.

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

A museum containing collections from cultures and histories of northern Africa to Asia including more than 30,000 objects of art, textiles, ceramics, and manuscripts.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

An 18th century shooting box built for Captain Wilson on the slopes of Roseberry Topping.

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

A ruined abbey sitting in a secluded woodland on the banks of the River Tweed.

The birthplace of Thomas Bewick, the famous wood engraver and ornithologist.

Turret 7B on Hadrian's Wall, found along with a 63m long section of the wall in a small area of public space in a housing estate by the A186

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

A natural cave modified into a place for swimmers to get changed in the 18th century.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

A small five stone circle set in a beautiful location in Duddo Northumberland.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

Ruined chapel on west side of Church Hill.

The trig point sitting on top of Hedgehope Hill (714m).

A 16th-century tower house in the town of Jedburgh, where it is believed that Mary stayed for a few weeks in 1566. The house is now a museum dedicated to Mary's life and times.

The private estate of the White Ridley family where the grounds are filled with wonderful statues, follies and temples.

A Grade I Listed Church in Mitford with a number of interesting architectural features and Grade II Listed tombstones and Lych Gate in the churchyard.

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

A drinking water reservoir with beautiful surrounding scenery.

A Roman Fort, surrounding settlement and museum that has been gradually excavated over the past 50 years and the location of some of the most important Roman finds in history.

An obelisk standing in Richmond Market Place dating to 1771 with a surprising hidden secret.

Childhood home of Richard III, built in the 12th century

A ruined 12th century Abbey in the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, Kelso.

A folly based on Stonehenge with two large stone circles, an altar, sacrificial stone and a tomb area.

A 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

An old ruined windmill sitting in Armstrong Park.

A castle and stately home in the village of Bothal near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington.

A sandstone ruined house that is part of a collection of sculptures on the Riverside Sculpture Trail.

Fountain commemorating Doctor James Trotter, local councillor known as 'Mr Bedlington' during Victorian times.

A memorial fountain dedicated to Richard Grainger, the builder famous for his partnership with architect John Dobson.

34 pieces of enlarged micro marine life made from weathered Corten steel by Andrew McKeown at East Shore Village, Seaham.

Limestone ravine with two waterfalls in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

An island off the coast of East Lothian famous for its seabird colony.